Next month, “The Capture” returns as the popular, acclaimed, and thrilling intelligence series is coming back with a new batch of episodes. The cast for the third season, directed by Anthony Philipson, Johnny Allan, and Ben Chanan (the showrunner/creator), features talent such as Holliday Grainger, Ron Perlman, Killian Scott, Paapa Essiedu, Lia Williams, Ben Miles, Ginny Holder, Nigel Lindsay, Tessa Wong, Indira Varma, Linus Roache, and Andy Nyman.
An official logline for the new season via Peacock:
It’s been twelve months since Rachel Carey (Grainger) broadcast a live deepfake of a government minister to the nation, exposing the UK intelligence service’s clandestine video manipulation program known as Correction. Amidst an inquiry into the unlawful use of deepfakes, Carey has become acting head of SO15, determined to regain the public’s trust in surveillance technology through the new Operation Veritas camera system. And then it happens: a brutal and exceptionally well-coordinated act of terror aimed right at the heart of the British establishment that leaves behind just one witness.
The more Carey investigates, the deeper she is drawn into an unfolding geopolitical crisis that infects the British political establishment, the security services, and the media. The conspiracy reaches deep into the State, but just who is pulling the strings? Caught in an increasingly violent situation and with few allies left to trust, what sacrifices will Carey be willing to make?
A producing team for the 6-episode season consists of Chanan, David Heyman (Heyday Television), Rosie Alison (Heyday Television), Sue Gibbs (Heyday Television), Derek Ritchie, Tom Coan (Universal International Studios), and Rebecca Ferguson (BBC).
You may know that Heyman is behind the new HBO Max series remake of “Harry Potter,” and is co-producing with Amy Pascal on the Amazon MGM Studios‘ high-profile reboot of James Bond that is being helmed by Denis Villeneuve (“Dune: Part Three”). We’ll be curious if on-the-rise folks like Grainger and Essiedu end up being considered for parts in Heyman’s “Bond 26.”
Check out that new trailer for “The Capture” as the Peacock show returns on June 18, with U.S. audiences being able to watch it on the NBCUniversal-owned domestic streaming platform.
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